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June 18, 2008 Archives

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Assembly to roll film tax credits into next year's budget

7:00 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- And cut? That's what a state budget amendment by Rep. Nicholas Gorham, R-Coventry this evening proposed to do to Rhode Island's film tax credit: cut it altogether and, he said, free up some $15 million for aid to......

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Rep. Gorham says it's Carcieri's budget

5:47 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- In the who-gets-the-credit award category for state budgets that close a state deficit, state Rep. Nicholas Gorham wasn't waiting for the budget to pass. "You must be dreaming," Gorham, a Republican from Coventry, said this evening on the......

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Debate erupts on House floor over 'illegal aliens' and RIte Care

5:08 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- There was plenty of shouting over the state budget this afternoon, but there's no way it's all over. The House debate on the plan to close a $425-million state deficit turned fiery over illegal immigration. The raging national......

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Protesters beat legislators to the State House

2:52 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- There are protesters with signs, protesters wearing stickers, protesters just protesting. But missing so far from today’s scheduled budget vote are members of the House. The process was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in the House Chamber,......

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Doctors press for change in HIV testing rules

1:42 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Susan Areson    Email

Rhode Island doctors are among the dozens of groups who have flooded the hallways of the State House this week pleading for last-minute action on a mountain of bills. Medical professionals “are screaming for passage” of legislation that would waive......

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Grammar police, take notice

1:36 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Susan Areson    Email

It’s typo season on Smith Hill. With bills and budget amendments changing on the fly, grammatical mistakes are everywhere. Your high school English teacher would cringe. Some of the errors are innocuous, while others have serious implications for the substance......

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Budget vote to come to House floor -- and it could be messy

12:04 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The state House of Representatives will convene today at 2 p.m. to approve a state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget -- which consists of at least 39 separate "articles" -- is aimed......

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